Gas and water separator.



No. 690,986. Patented Jan. I4, 1902. i. L. NEELV.

GAS AND WATER SEPARATUR.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GAS AND WATER SEPARATQIFK.

SPEOIFIEGATIODT forming part of Letters Patent lilo, 690,986, dated January 1%, 1902.

Application filed October 25,1901. Serial No. 79,999. (No model.)

To 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA L. NEELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fair-mount, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas and'Water Separators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a gas and water separator; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character which has means for effecting the sudden and wide-opening of a valve controlling the discharge of water from the reservoir of the device, whereby such water will be caused to quickly escape. I

The separator includes as one of its featwice a reservoir having a discharge-outlet for the water, a valve for controlling said outlet, and a float in said casing yieldingly cou- The yieldable connection between said parts consists in the present case of a coiled spring. The valve is normally held closed by its Weight augmented by the pressure of the water in the reservoir thereagainst; but as the float rises the spring is stretched, and at the point in the ascent of said float when the stress of the spring exceeds the pressure of the water against the valve and the adherence of said valve to its side said spring suddenly and quickly contracts, and as it does so it furnishes the power for opening the valve, this action being a suddeu one, so as to permit the water in the reservoir to promptly escape, and when the float drops with the esca'ping -water'the valve will be permitted to close. The reservoir also has means for securing the removal of accumulations ofmud and sediment therein.

The invention includes other advantageous features which, with the foregoing, Will be set forth in the following description, while the novelty will form thebasis of the claims annexed to said description.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in whiohthe figure is a vertical sectional elevation of a water and gas separator including my invention.

Like numerals refer to like partsin the figure of the drawin I desire to state that the invention is not limited to the exact construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter. described and shown in the drawing, for many changes within the scope of the appended claims may be adopted.

The device which Ihave shown in the draw ing as embodying the invention in one simple and convenient form. thereof includes in its organization a reservoir, as 2, which is suitably mounted and is shown as having a vertically-disposed pipe or tube of suitable height and size, having in its wall at a suitable place an inlet, as 3, connected with a gas-well for the mixed gas and Water or like substance, the water falling to the bottom of the reservoir, while the gas passes through the outlet 4; to be distributed for consumption as may be desired.

The water in the bottom of the reservoir is caused to intermittentiyescape therefrom through a pipe, as 5, to which is connected, above the bottom of the reservoir, the casing G, which incloses the dischargecontrolling valve 7.

The pipe 5 passes partly through the T- coupling 8, which is tapped into the bottom of the reservoir, the bottom of the pipe being in screw-threaded connection with said coupling. The water let off intermittently from the reservoir therefore passes first through the'pipe 5, then into the lower part of the coupling 8, and from thence into apipe, as 9, to be disposed of as may be desired. The coupling 8 is in the'nature of a blow-off for the reservoir 2, into which said coupling opens, and may be cleaned at desired intervals of accum ulations of dirt, which pass into the coupling and out the transverse portion 8 thereof and,-

if necessary, through suitable piping. (Not shown.)

The reservoir 2 contains a float, as 10, open at its bottom and which is shown as consistingof a cylindrical shell of some suitable material, as copper, and which rises and falls with the water in said reservoir, and said float, as will be hereinafter described, is yield- -ingly connected with the discharge-controlling valve 7.

The float 1Ov has the transverse guide-bar 11 at its bottom provided with upturned ends suitably connected rigidly with the float-for example, by meansof rivets-at diametrically opposite sides thereof and centrally per- O the rapid emptying of the reservoir 2. vAs

forated to receive the vertically-disposed and short rod 12, having a swivel 13 at its upper end, adapted to receive a hook at the lower end of the elongated coiled spring 14, having a similar hook at its upper endto detachably engage a ring on the under side of enlarged hole 16 in the cap 17 of the valvecasing 6. I V

The rod 12jis shown as having aprojection 18, approximately at its middle, which is adapted to sustain the guide or cross bar 11 to hold the float at the limit of 'its descending movement. V

The cap 17, which serves to prevent the valve from being lifted out of its casing, is removable, it being conveniently connected to the casing 6 by a screw threaded joint,

. whereby when the cap is taken oi the valve can be lifted out for the purpose of cleaning the same and the casing,

The bottom 19'of the reservoir is detachable, it consisting of an enlarged disk'bolted or otherwise secured to the plates 20, which abut against the reservoir. When the bottom is disconnected, all the parts within the reservoir can be readily reached andseparated from each other, it being understood that they are detachably connected.

The valve has a plurality 'of wings, as 21, between which when said valve is lifted 06 its seat the water flows, it first entering the hole 16 in the cap 17, then going downward through the casing or shell 6, then through the outlet 22, and finally into the pipe 5, as previously described.

Normally the valve 7 is closed, it beingheld in this position by its weight and the pressure of the water in the reservoir thereagainst.

As soon as the water rises above its normal valve and the tendency of said valve to stick.

to its seat, saidspring suddenly contracts and quickly opens the valve wide, so as to permit the float drops with the escaping water the valve is permitted to close by its weight and is held closed by the water until the operation just described is repeated.

Having described the invention, what .I

" claim is-- v 1. In a device of theclass described, a reservoir having a discharge-outlet, a valve for controlling said outlet and a floatin said reservoir yieldingly connected with the valve.

2. In a device of the class described, a reservoir having a discharge-outlet, a valve for voir having a guide member, a rod guided by said guide member and connected with the valve, and a spring connected respectively with said rod and float.

4. In a device of the class described, areservoir having a discharge-outlet, a valvefor controlling said outlet, a float in the reservoir having a perforated cross-bar, a rod connected with the valve and extending through the perforation in said cross-bar, and a spring connected respectively with said rod and float.

5. In a device of the class described, a res ervoir having a discharge-outlet, a valve for controlling the discharge outlet, a float in said reservoir, a rod connected to the valve and having a projection to engage a part of ervoir, a pipe passing into said reservoir, a

casing detachably connected with saidpipe and having a removable cap, a valve in said casing, a float in the reservoir, and a yieldable connection between the, float and valve.

8. In a device of the class described, a casing, a T-coupling connected with said casing, a discharge-pipeinclosed in part by said coupling and communicating with the reservoir, a casing on said pipe, a valve in said casing, a float in the reservoir, and a yieldable connection between the valve and float.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

' g IRA L. NEELY.

Witnesses:

JAooB BRILES, O. BEVINGTON. 

